Boo!

• Artist: Was (Not Was)
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• Release Date: April 08, 2008
• Genre: Rock

Review

Closing in on 20 years since their last album, the whole gang is here, pretty much -- the core of Don and David Was and Sir Harry Bowens and Sweet Pea Atkinson, along with Was (Not Was) vets Luis Resto, David McMurray, Wayne Kramer, Donald Ray Mitchell, and Randy Jacobs, as well as roughly a couple dozen additional accomplices, from Booker T. Jones to (of course) Kris Kristofferson. Mixing and matching funk, rock, and soul with a little jazz and blues, and enhanced on occasion by some seamlessly incorporated electronics, Boo! delivers robust party material with plenty of straight-faced, sidesplitting/head-scratching humor...precisely what you'd expect from them, then. They've remained ageless all along, balancing their adolescent pranksterism with sharp social observations and deliriously random humor, deploying it all over sturdy grooves that roam unselfconsciously across the history of R&B. Most of it here is dressed up in the absurd: the opening "Semi-Interesting Week" is filled with it, just to ensure that the proper tone is set, while one of the album's more riotous vocal refrains goes "High in fiber, low in fat/Come at your mama with a baseball bat." But they occasionally pull the rug out for something disarming, as on "From the Head to the Heart," where the heartstrings get a firm tug while waiting for the punchline that never comes. And yes, "Needletooth" is about as nonsensical as an admirer of "Hello Dad...I'm in Jail" could possibly hope. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Semi-Interesting Week	David Was, Don Was	Was (Not Was)	(4:49)
It's a Miracle	David Was, Don Was	Was (Not Was)	(4:40)
Your Luck Won't Last	David Was, Don Was	Was (Not Was)	(3:28)
From the Head to the Heart	David Was, Don Was	Was (Not Was)	(4:15)
Big Black Hole	David Was, Don Was	Was (Not Was)	(4:47)
Needletooth	David Was, Don Was	Was (Not Was)	(2:14)
Forget Everything	David Was, Don Was	Was (Not Was)	(5:16)
Crazy Water	David Was, Don Was	Was (Not Was)	(4:48)
Mr. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Bob Dylan, David Was, Don Was	Was (Not Was)	(4:05)
Green Pills in the Dresser	David Was, Don Was	Was (Not Was)	(3:11)

Credits

Rik Pekkonen (Engineer), David Was (Keyboards), Greg Leisz (Pedal Steel), David Was (Flute), Arnold McCuller (Vocals (Background)), Kevin Mills (Assistant), David Was (Vocals), Kris Kristofferson (Vocals), Ronnie Meckler (Graphic Design), Don Was (Graphic Design), Jamie Muhoberac (Photography), Rik Pekkonen (Mixing), Ruby Marshand (A&R), Marcus Miller (Bass), Don Was (Producer), Portia Griffin (Vocals (Background)), James Gadson (Drums), Rayse Biggs (Trumpet), Don Was (Percussion), Val McCallum (Guitar), Booker T. Jones (Organ (Hammond)), Doc Kupka (Sax (Baritone)), Dan Bosworth (Assistant), David Was (Producer), Don Was (Programming), Ron Stone (Management), Krish Sharma (Engineer), Krish Sharma (Mixing), Curt Bisquera (Drums), Jamie Muhoberac (Keyboards), David McMurray (Horn Arrangements), Gary Hirstius (Performer), Don Was (Keyboards), Jamie Hoyt Vitale (Package Design), Sally Dworsky (Vocals (Background)), Myrna Smith (Vocals (Background)), Tim Drummond (Bass), Nancy Scibillia (Management), Don Was (Bass), Randy Jacobs (Guitar), David Was (Cover Illustration), David Was (Harmonica), David Campbell (String Arrangements), Don Was (Engineer), Don Was (Mixing), Donald Ray Mitchell (Vocals), Louie Teran (Mastering), David McMurray (Saxophone), Don Was (Vocals), Kris Kristofferson (Guest Appearance), Sir Harry Bowens (Vocals), Lenny Castro (Percussion), Wayne Kramer (Guitar), Sweet Pea Atkinson (Vocals), Luis Resto (Keyboards)

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